Odor – The Episodic Table of Elements

52. Tellurium: To Hell You Ride

December 30, 2019

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Astronomy, Atomic Structure, Australia, Dmitri Mendeleev, Etymology, Linus Pauling, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Mehmed II, Mineralogy, Mining, Odor, Romania, Science Fiction, United States, Vlad the Impaler

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Collecting elements can be risky business. Tellurium is one of those elements that poses a dire threat — not to one’s health, but to the element collector’s reputation in polite society.

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16. Sulfur: No Mistakes, Only Happy Accidents

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July 9, 2018

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Adolf Hitler, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Goodyear, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gerhard Domagk, Nazis, Nobel Prizes, Odor, Pharmaceuticals, Rubber, Satan, Thioacetone, Vulcanization, Vultures, Winston Churchill, World War II

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From Vulcan to vultures, today’s element brings stories of unintended consequences.

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